/// of a stack variable or (2) is something we cannot determine leads to
/// the address of a stack variable based on such local checking.
///
-/// EvalAddr processes expressions that are pointers, and EvalVal handles
-/// expressions that are rvalues or variable references.
+/// EvalAddr processes expressions that are pointers that are used as
+/// references (and not L-values). EvalVal handles all other values.
/// At the base case of the recursion is a check for a DeclRefExpr* in
/// the refers to a stack variable.
///
/// See the comments for EvalAddr for more details.
static DeclRefExpr* EvalVal(Expr *E) {
- // We should only be called for evaluating non-pointer expressions.
- assert (!E->getType()->isPointerType() && "EvalVal doesn't work on pointers");
-
+ // We should only be called for evaluating non-pointer expressions, or
+ // expressions with a pointer type that are not used as references but instead
+ // are l-values (e.g., DeclRefExpr with a pointer type).
+
// Our "symbolic interpreter" is just a dispatch off the currently
// viewed AST node. We then recursively traverse the AST by calling
// EvalAddr and EvalVal appropriately.